What Does Your Swim Team Wear?

[California Dolphin]

It's been over 8 years since I went swimming so I don't know what the current "state of the art" is in men's suits.

However, I've been checking sites for high school and college swimming and I see most of them wearing briefs (speedos) .

Based on my research, the number of speedo style suits seem to be on the increase and the number of jammers seems to be down. I wonder if that's the reality.

[dm106]

I agree but it still seems to be far from mainstream reality. Even in Australia a lot of younger guys no longer wear them. Bummer.

[swimbud]

Originally Posted by California Dolphin

Based on my research, the number of speedo style suits seem to be on the increase and the number of jammers seems to be down. I wonder if that's the reality.

Ever since the FINA ban on technical suits, classic speedo-wearing among competitive swim teams has gotten more common. I agree.

[Torchwatch]

The British team at the world championships were competing in technical jammers but the behind the scenes filming showed them training and relaxing in speedos.
This means that the nine year old that joins a swimming club could be wearing the same speedos that a world champion trains in and at an affordable price.
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[midlifeswimmer]

The male college swim team members I've seen practice in briefs, and reserve the technical suits for competitions. High schoolers and younger, I've seen a mix of briefs and jammers, but I've not seen a college athlete practice in anything but a brief.

They don't seem to have much body hair.

[Coach]

We had our annual "try-on" event to order new suits for the swim team members. Since I started coaching the team, we've only ordered briefs. Students are required to have one team suit for competitions. Practice suits are optional.

[Minimalist75]

Originally Posted by Coach

We had our annual "try-on" event to order new suits for the swim team members. Since I started coaching the team, we've only ordered briefs. Students are required to have one team suit for competitions. Practice suits are optional.

I assume you mean that the type of suit is optional.
At one time wearing a suit at practice was optional in all male settings, but I didn't think that option still existed.